'Flood vacation' for schools in Bihar's flood-prone districts

Students of hundreds of government schools in Bihar's 20 flood-prone districts will get a "flood vacation" during the rainy season and not a summer vacation this year, an official said Saturday.

"There will be no summer vacation in government schools in the flood-prone 119 blocks in 20 districts," R.S. Singh, an official of education department said.

Arguing that school-going children are deprived of their education during floods, Singh said: "We have decided not to have a summer vacation in government schools, and instead have a flood-vacation to compensate."